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to do that, we have to maintain a relationship with pakistan. right now, that will involve some financial support. >> a few days ago, president hamid karzai gave a very strong anti western, anti-american speech. he characterized nato as not in his country's interests, that we were there to of -- occupied afghanistan and we have different interests than the afghan people. how difficult is that making things for the u.s. and nato in terms of trying to produce a favorable outcome in afghanistan? and you spoke of our interest in maintaining stable government there. you think that karzai cannot stand on his own 2 feet? >> it is not just a matter of having to stay and fight because the greater the numbers, the greater the likelihood of success. the greater the number, the greater the likelihood that leaders like hamid karzai will come under pressure. that is part of why that drawdown is necessary. as far as whether or not our government -- the government there could stand if we left right now, probably not. that is why we have to do it over a time lin
to do that, we have to maintain a relationship with pakistan. right now, that will involve some financial support. >> a few days ago, president hamid karzai gave a very strong anti western, anti-american speech. he characterized nato as not in his country's interests, that we were there to of -- occupied afghanistan and we have different interests than the afghan people. how difficult is that making things for the u.s. and nato in terms of trying to produce a favorable outcome in...
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he's the father of pakistan. unfortunately, he died less than a year after pakistan's creation and ever since then, pakistan has had a lot of difficulty with its political leaders and many feel he died too soon. if he lived a bit longer, perhaps the foundations of pakistan's democracy might have been stronger. host: that was in 1947. what happened that created pakistan? guest: well, it was a mess. and it was a mess from which the country really has never recovered, in a way. this was during the time of british rule in the subcontinent of india and the decision was made very quickly and very arbitrarily by the british colonial rulers to separate, to make a new country. they arbitrarily divided northern india into india and pakistan and in a matter of weeks you had literally millions of people fleeing in all directions. you had indians trying to rush south into what was going to be india and -- sorry, hindus and sikhs fleeing into what would be india and muslims fleeing north into what would be pakistan and there w
he's the father of pakistan. unfortunately, he died less than a year after pakistan's creation and ever since then, pakistan has had a lot of difficulty with its political leaders and many feel he died too soon. if he lived a bit longer, perhaps the foundations of pakistan's democracy might have been stronger. host: that was in 1947. what happened that created pakistan? guest: well, it was a mess. and it was a mess from which the country really has never recovered, in a way. this was during the...
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approved by pakistan. so that was a cnce that was being taken with it but he had good well-placed faith in the ability of the people carrying it out. the intelligence convied him it was a good call and that's a hard piece, if you can recall, the chemical factory in sudan turned out not to be a chemical factor you have the people doing the raid and then you go andou get on your hands and watch them do it. i give him credit for doing it. >> charlie: is this the forerunner when you have the military cia combination special ops troops. >> i hope so. back when i was director of national intelligence, i talked about the need for a thing called title 60. now title 10 is what military operations are authorized under title 50 is what intelligence operations are authorized under. there's a ve sharp distinction, what you can do, whether it's deniable. i think that's irrelevant where we are now with these groups like al-qaeda and ungoverned parts of the world where host governments cannot enforce law and in order. we
approved by pakistan. so that was a cnce that was being taken with it but he had good well-placed faith in the ability of the people carrying it out. the intelligence convied him it was a good call and that's a hard piece, if you can recall, the chemical factory in sudan turned out not to be a chemical factor you have the people doing the raid and then you go andou get on your hands and watch them do it. i give him credit for doing it. >> charlie: is this the forerunner when you have the...
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while i have to recognize that there are some pakistan's interests here which are not compatible with u.s. interests and the interest of nato at this point. those will be a factor. the pakistani interestingly had come to recognize -- i think it has to be seen as part of this, that they don't trust the taliban. we assume we often simply put them together or they are their protectors and, therefore, the question of just whether they're speaking for them or they have coordinated their effort advanced. pakistani needs to be suspicious that they can control the taliban in power. but the pakistanis want out of negotiations is they want a pastun force in kabul but they don't want it to have a free hand. they want to have that force in a way checked or diluted by the other groups and in that way, they can be sure that their basic interests are taken care of and that includes an indian influence and they would not have to face that blowback if the taliban were to gain great offense there where they might and i believe where they would then find that their interests really are far more akin to
while i have to recognize that there are some pakistan's interests here which are not compatible with u.s. interests and the interest of nato at this point. those will be a factor. the pakistani interestingly had come to recognize -- i think it has to be seen as part of this, that they don't trust the taliban. we assume we often simply put them together or they are their protectors and, therefore, the question of just whether they're speaking for them or they have coordinated their effort...
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it took years of intelligence gathering to locate bin laden in pakistan hiding outside the capital in this come upon. once identified, elite special operations task force, u.s. navy seals and u.s. army night stalkers were sent in >> nation sent the best unit on earth to kill that guy. no hiccups, no pause. that's why we are here. >> these are america's special operators. navy seals, army special forces, air force special-ops and marines special operations command. uniquely trained and equip they execute some of the most difficult and dangerous missions in the war on terror. i'm oliver north this is "war stories." coming to you from afghanistan. two years ago, we were here with second battalion 7th marines. they had to fight into this town and back then, the only afghan people here were taliban fighters. today, thanks to the courage and tenacity of brave americans and our allies the civilian population is, as you can see, returning. afghan army and police are partnered with charlie company, first battalion, special operations forces and conventional u.s. units complement each other the
it took years of intelligence gathering to locate bin laden in pakistan hiding outside the capital in this come upon. once identified, elite special operations task force, u.s. navy seals and u.s. army night stalkers were sent in >> nation sent the best unit on earth to kill that guy. no hiccups, no pause. that's why we are here. >> these are america's special operators. navy seals, army special forces, air force special-ops and marines special operations command. uniquely trained...
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and if pakistan's not on board then the taliban aren't going to be on board the taliban and if pakistan wants to cooperate then there's a degree to which they can force the taliban's hand maybe not completely maybe not on the afghan side of the border although probably on the afghan side of the border but they could definitely definitely change the security environment now that question of what to do about pakistan and whether or not their withdrawal from the conference will make it as some people have said utterly meaningless to discuss afghanistan's future is a different question and frankly europe and the u.s. might have to begin to more explicitly place pressure on the pakistanis to investigate a number of options that they potentially have not so much on the cutting assistance side because the west does have a legitimate interest in making sure for instance that pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure but there's a number of creative options that could be investigated among them allowing india to begin to fill some of the security vacuum that's going to be left by the west allowing o
and if pakistan's not on board then the taliban aren't going to be on board the taliban and if pakistan wants to cooperate then there's a degree to which they can force the taliban's hand maybe not completely maybe not on the afghan side of the border although probably on the afghan side of the border but they could definitely definitely change the security environment now that question of what to do about pakistan and whether or not their withdrawal from the conference will make it as some...
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africa or pakistan. the way to overcome that i think is through education and also with having courage and compassion. instead of building walls we need to build peace and have the courage to do that. so i went back to pakistan in 94 and brought the school supplies and finally got to the village and the man was again there to greet me. he shook his head and said, chizle what the heck. not only had i come back, he said you've made two big mistakes. we don't start building before wintertime and if you really want to build school we're going to have to build a bridge first and i hadn't really thought about that. so i came back to america and raised 10,000 more dollars. and then i got back from tack stan and bridge got built and no school yet. i was 38 years old, die hard bachelor and all i could think was getting that school built. i went to a fund raise er the fair month in san francisco where my hero was speaking. it was getting late and people were nodding off and he was going on and on about the queens
africa or pakistan. the way to overcome that i think is through education and also with having courage and compassion. instead of building walls we need to build peace and have the courage to do that. so i went back to pakistan in 94 and brought the school supplies and finally got to the village and the man was again there to greet me. he shook his head and said, chizle what the heck. not only had i come back, he said you've made two big mistakes. we don't start building before wintertime and...
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we are. >> the pakistan government is willing to expand the relationship. is that in our interest to do so? >> it is. they have been a part of the northern resupply system. >> it is my understanding they have been negotiating to expand that capability. we would need some waivers from this committee to support and the security forces. there is a letter supporting that. >> if the secretary supports it, i would. we understand it is important. >> this is a critical area regarding afghanistan. i want to let the committee know that we are on the verge of a major breakthrough in terms of northern supply. the committee will need to come up with a consensus about how we can help the government. some waivers would be necessary. i think you are an ideal candidate for this job. most of the personnel -- when you want to reform retirement, count me in. i want to do it in a humane, and generous way. count me in. even though you serve and sacrifice, you have the ability to serve in retirement. we're not going to ask more they can give. change has to come. i think you're an
we are. >> the pakistan government is willing to expand the relationship. is that in our interest to do so? >> it is. they have been a part of the northern resupply system. >> it is my understanding they have been negotiating to expand that capability. we would need some waivers from this committee to support and the security forces. there is a letter supporting that. >> if the secretary supports it, i would. we understand it is important. >> this is a critical...
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pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to haunt pakistan's predominantly punjabi military establishment. begun as a protest for rights and economy, it transformed into a war with india and created the independent nation of bangladesh. following the war against the soviet union in the 180s, pakistan used used the mujahided subsequently the taliban to settle o old scores, but pakistan's military continues to fear a direct confrontation with the pashtun tribes on its western border. this fear makes pakistan's relationship with the taliban convoluted and volatile and, perhaps, unreso far bl. -- unresolvable. making token attacks on those taliban that do not seven its interesting, although even in this pack stab's -- pakistan's commitment is not what it seems. while mostly reserving its high-tech weapons given to it by the united states for a potential war with india, pakistan's military sets the poorly-trained and poorly-equipped pashtun frontier corps against the punjabi taliban setting up their own pashtun-controlled punjabi taliban among the disillusioned y
pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to haunt pakistan's predominantly punjabi military establishment. begun as a protest for rights and economy, it transformed into a war with india and created the independent nation of bangladesh. following the war against the soviet union in the 180s, pakistan used used the mujahided subsequently the taliban to settle o old scores, but pakistan's military continues to fear a direct confrontation with the pashtun...
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in pakistan. and in that camp, there are many kids that are previously were going to school and now they have no school and the cost to help them go would be about one month per month per child. fifth grader 20 bucks a year. first grader five bucks a year. they get their food in the back on the mess tenth and then on the left is an extreme place where people get indoctrined into a violent islam. because of international lack of help for those kids to get implicated these kids are here. there's another camp here. osama bin ladins first assistant. spent two-years in gann tan know bay in cuba and he's running large camp and just down that the united states, 212 mash units. what's going on is they're agenda is to get people to be dependent and indoctrinate the violent islam. unfortunately we're a nonprofit in the states if we go into the camps or talk with anybody there we're affiliating with a terrorist organization and shut down by the, irs so we created a viral incubator for terrorists similar to w
in pakistan. and in that camp, there are many kids that are previously were going to school and now they have no school and the cost to help them go would be about one month per month per child. fifth grader 20 bucks a year. first grader five bucks a year. they get their food in the back on the mess tenth and then on the left is an extreme place where people get indoctrined into a violent islam. because of international lack of help for those kids to get implicated these kids are here. there's...
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carved from british india in 1947 with two wings, west pakistan and east pakistan. they suffered from identity crisis from inception. the location brought the new country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella. instead of being at an advantage, it had the effect of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's democracy and development while at the same time encouraging a radical movement that threatens to tear both afghanistan and pakistan apart. the current afghanistan-pakistan crisis is traced back to the 19th empleg ri when the brettish led army led them to the pass and forced the petition of afghanistan into the north and south. the drawing of the duran line in 1893 was intended to guarantee british control east of the hindu kush and proved to be a political jail and source of constant conflict until the creation of pakistan in 1947. pakistan's humiliating defeat in the 1971 war against east pakistan continues to hant pan stack's predominantly panjabis establishment. the conflict transformed into a w
carved from british india in 1947 with two wings, west pakistan and east pakistan. they suffered from identity crisis from inception. the location brought the new country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella. instead of being at an advantage, it had the effect of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's democracy and development while at the same time encouraging a radical movement that threatens to tear both afghanistan and...
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and pakistan have never been smooth after the fallout from the u.s.s. nation of osama bin laden the state of the alliance has gone from bad to worse admiral mike mullen one of the most pro pakistan officials in washington has referred to the country as the epicenter of world terrorism but his most recent remarks have added fuel to the fire. choosing to use violent extremism as an instrument of policy the government of pakistan and most especially the pakistani army and. jeopardizes not only the prospect of our strategic partnership but pakistan's opportunity to be a respected nation with legitimate regional in floor in his speech to the senate mullen accused pakistan's intelligence agency isiah of colluding with kani insurgent groups the u.s. has long been aware of the fact that pakistan may be assisting insurgents but mall in statement is the first of its kind it's cost furious reactions in pakistan where authorities have denounced the claims and pointed to the country's own bosses and the war on terror thirty thousand pakistanis it is well known that
and pakistan have never been smooth after the fallout from the u.s.s. nation of osama bin laden the state of the alliance has gone from bad to worse admiral mike mullen one of the most pro pakistan officials in washington has referred to the country as the epicenter of world terrorism but his most recent remarks have added fuel to the fire. choosing to use violent extremism as an instrument of policy the government of pakistan and most especially the pakistani army and. jeopardizes not only the...
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pakistan is not strong. ofcle e seen the dev eye orn turning a blind being able to fight the militants. issue as well. the so-called civilian surged produced has not results. under arts have come lot of criticism. money wasuch spent unwisely. these programs are not sustainable. is an issue. those remaining troops are going have a lot of burden the gains make sure made our consolidated. >> with your conversation on mccain, i enter stand -- understand you will talk about the first lady's trip to south africa. is an amazing story to see a a black american couple in the white house. it is fantastic. have given her a tremendous welcome. given several speeches. she pointed out the struggle africans fought against apartheid. she paid tribute to the ordinary fought against racism. you.ank will see one "this week." >> you can walk that show right on abc 7. it is sunday at 10:00 a.m. tune in. >>> new warnings are being out on cigarettes. they depict in graphic detail of smoking. some photos show rotting teeth care.bab
pakistan is not strong. ofcle e seen the dev eye orn turning a blind being able to fight the militants. issue as well. the so-called civilian surged produced has not results. under arts have come lot of criticism. money wasuch spent unwisely. these programs are not sustainable. is an issue. those remaining troops are going have a lot of burden the gains make sure made our consolidated. >> with your conversation on mccain, i enter stand -- understand you will talk about the first lady's...
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pakistan because in pakistan the military has the absolute authority and if we see over the past two years. has sideline the civilian government we saw after bin ladin scaling. government of president zardari subordinated all the foreign policy today military and when it comes to the key and vital decision making about pakistan foreign policy is similar to you which just makes the shots not this unfortunately over the past decade and indeed since the inception of relationship between the two countries over the past five years the united states has on the pakistani military and doesn't has not helped in a significant way this of indian government and democracy in the country which is good for the for pakistan and also for security in the region and it's time to change to that policy and to continues engaging and continue to support this. civilian government and also this is a civil society in pakistan which are working for the progress of pakistan and add a hand to get a tough ally with the military establishment. and sit a clear carrot and stick policy and make it clear to the milita
pakistan because in pakistan the military has the absolute authority and if we see over the past two years. has sideline the civilian government we saw after bin ladin scaling. government of president zardari subordinated all the foreign policy today military and when it comes to the key and vital decision making about pakistan foreign policy is similar to you which just makes the shots not this unfortunately over the past decade and indeed since the inception of relationship between the two...
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right now we're relying on pakistan but pakistan is harboring in many cases taliban. so it puts us between a rock and a hard place, we have to develop that northern route in fro other places, georgia and other places. and the president is doing a good job of building that, let's build that so we can reduce our reliance on pakistan and reduce our visibiliulnerabilities ther. >> if you look at the map of afghanistan, you've got china to the northeast, you've got iran to the northwest. one of the things we were taught in the art of war, the battle of war is that you win when their surrender. do you think that the taliban is ever going to surrender to us? >> that's like will al qaeda surrender, but we put them against the ropes, we hit them hard when we killed osama bin laden so they have been degraded. the taliban, is the idea going to continue to exist? who knows, and we have to deal with the pakistan question, when we have an afghanistan that through it's local, through it national government, once reroot out corruption as well. and i can talk about that as well. but w
right now we're relying on pakistan but pakistan is harboring in many cases taliban. so it puts us between a rock and a hard place, we have to develop that northern route in fro other places, georgia and other places. and the president is doing a good job of building that, let's build that so we can reduce our reliance on pakistan and reduce our visibiliulnerabilities ther. >> if you look at the map of afghanistan, you've got china to the northeast, you've got iran to the northwest. one...
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>> i think you ask me what do we need from pakistan? we need to keep the lines of communication up and i have three border coordination centers that have afghan officers and pakistani officers in them 24 hours a day, seven days a week and that continues to build that cooperation, that trustwe have to continue to work against this common enemy that kills women and children. kills women and children. from pakistan, i need their continued pressure on the places where they are harboring these terrorist individuals. a lot of that it is in north and waziristan. that is where we have the most incursions across the border. that is where we know the haqqani leadership hangs out. we will continue work that very hard. but again, i feel very good about where we have been with our relationship at my level. we will continue to work that very hard. i think that will make a difference in the long run. >> last question is lily. >> when you talk about the haqqani network specifically, what makes them so resilient? they continue to be a strong factor. are
>> i think you ask me what do we need from pakistan? we need to keep the lines of communication up and i have three border coordination centers that have afghan officers and pakistani officers in them 24 hours a day, seven days a week and that continues to build that cooperation, that trustwe have to continue to work against this common enemy that kills women and children. kills women and children. from pakistan, i need their continued pressure on the places where they are harboring these...
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the other problem you have in dealing with afghanistan is called pakistan. 1500 miles. now let's understand the essence of what we're doing. we went in in 2001 because the taliban had supported al qaeda from 3000 americans at the world trade center. so we went in to get the son of a gun, but would have been? in my judgment, several things happened. president bush, god bless them, have this religious beliefs in liberty for people. and i think he fused that with his role as president. he took that an extract it and said we should give liberty also to the iraqis, which is a noble idea. but sometimes you have to be pretty hardheaded about how you put an idea into action and we weren't able quite to do it. so they looked around and say who's really going to do this idea, they say we have this thing called the united to its military. so what happened was we took counterinsurgency. that's something i know an awful lot about because i thought it really high for many, many months. but we converted it and turned it into nation building that was based on a social contract or the s
the other problem you have in dealing with afghanistan is called pakistan. 1500 miles. now let's understand the essence of what we're doing. we went in in 2001 because the taliban had supported al qaeda from 3000 americans at the world trade center. so we went in to get the son of a gun, but would have been? in my judgment, several things happened. president bush, god bless them, have this religious beliefs in liberty for people. and i think he fused that with his role as president. he took...
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pakistan. i think that will be true of any western european country and -- >> do you think anybody at high level in pakistan would have known that bin laden was there? >> the question in pakistan is you have the army and security services and have you the politicians and business class. you have a very divided political system. until there is unity in pakistan, until people come together, then the attack on terrorism, fight against terrorism, will be infective and this is the real problem we face. afghanistan is soluble. if we had -- stability in pakistan. and -- terrorism in pakistan needs the local government, local people to come together with these -- with nonsectarian politics and with the army and sturtze services working with them to deal with this threat and too much division in pakistan for the fight against terrorism to be effective. >> finally, what do you miss most about being prime minister? >> i can tell you what i don't miss. what you don't miss is -- british newspapers. what you
pakistan. i think that will be true of any western european country and -- >> do you think anybody at high level in pakistan would have known that bin laden was there? >> the question in pakistan is you have the army and security services and have you the politicians and business class. you have a very divided political system. until there is unity in pakistan, until people come together, then the attack on terrorism, fight against terrorism, will be infective and this is the real...
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they should do the same thing in pakistan, or if they don't attack pakistan militarily, they should stop economic assistance. they should isolate the pakistan army so they can feel the heat and stop this double game. >> former afghan intelligence chief there. so how should the u.s. proceed when it comes to relations with pakistan? that's one of the major questions i addressed with the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. i spoke to him from par is and asked him where the major focus should be 10 years after the start of the afghan war. >> i think the focus has to be on two things -- one, getting a regional settlement, particularly between afghanistan and pakistan, because as long as there's a sanctuary for the forces that are fighting the government and the coalition in afghanistan coming out of pakistan, this is going to remain difficult. so getting an agreement that settles some of the issues that causes the pakistanis to support the opposition, the insurgents, is extremely important. and second, increasing the capacity of the afghan government to deliver in terms of rule
they should do the same thing in pakistan, or if they don't attack pakistan militarily, they should stop economic assistance. they should isolate the pakistan army so they can feel the heat and stop this double game. >> former afghan intelligence chief there. so how should the u.s. proceed when it comes to relations with pakistan? that's one of the major questions i addressed with the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. i spoke to him from par is and asked him where the...
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the pakistan government were to fall and pakistan were to descend into chaos or be taken over by groups, that would be worse. we have to make this relationship worse. to work. it is not going well. pakistan is not as cooperative as they should be in fighting the extremist groups for a variety of reasons. we have to try to maintain the relationship. it will be tough. the goal is to have a government in pakistan that can stand. we will have to keep working through that for all the difficulties it presents. >> do you support establishing benchmarks or attaching strings? is there a way we can be pushing and pulling the aid money more? >> there are already strings and benchmarks. they are creative about getting around those but they are in place. we will have to do that and work with them. we will have to place greater limits on the money we're sending. at the same time, getting their corporation is inhabited by the fact that the pakistan the population does not like us. they are democratically elected government at the moment. they have to be responsive to their constituents. anything we ca
the pakistan government were to fall and pakistan were to descend into chaos or be taken over by groups, that would be worse. we have to make this relationship worse. to work. it is not going well. pakistan is not as cooperative as they should be in fighting the extremist groups for a variety of reasons. we have to try to maintain the relationship. it will be tough. the goal is to have a government in pakistan that can stand. we will have to keep working through that for all the difficulties it...
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you can't deal with pakistan without dealing with pakistan. but the other half is equally important. you can't deal with pakistan, without addressing india. we cannot be a mediator between india and pakistan. the indians will refuse that. but we will be a facilitator. and in otherwise somewhat grim picture tonight, let me give you one piece of good news. last week after pakistan and india agreed to resume the high level negotiations process, which was suspended after mumbai. not because either side thinks there's a great chance of success, but because both sides realize there's no viable alternative. we should encourage that process. there are things that we can help do to push india and pakistan towards a resolution of the small differences and ultimately their big differences. let me give you one small difference. if you want to fly from islamabad to new delhi, you can't get there, you got to go to mumbai, tehran, there are almost no direct flights between the two countries. there's less than 1% of the gdp is engaged in trade. that is not no
you can't deal with pakistan without dealing with pakistan. but the other half is equally important. you can't deal with pakistan, without addressing india. we cannot be a mediator between india and pakistan. the indians will refuse that. but we will be a facilitator. and in otherwise somewhat grim picture tonight, let me give you one piece of good news. last week after pakistan and india agreed to resume the high level negotiations process, which was suspended after mumbai. not because either...
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pakistan and east pakistan. the country suffered from an identity crisis from its inception. pack pakistan's location brought the country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella, but rather than putting them at an advantage, we had the embrace of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's demockization and development while at the same time encouraging a radical pan islamic movement threatening to tear afghanistan and pakistan apart. the current afghanistan-pakistan crisis is traced back to the 19th century when the british led army forced the petition of afghanistan into north and south. the drawing of the line by england's foreign secretary for india in 1893 was intended to guarantee british control of the territory east of the hindu kush, but proved to be political prison until the creation of the state of pakistan in 1947. pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to hant the predominantly panjabis development
pakistan and east pakistan. the country suffered from an identity crisis from its inception. pack pakistan's location brought the country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella, but rather than putting them at an advantage, we had the embrace of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's demockization and development while at the same time encouraging a radical pan islamic movement threatening to tear afghanistan and pakistan...
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if pakistan will not take on that the threat from the haqqanis based in pakistan who attack our forces, then we should be prepared to take steps to defend our troops. it is consistent with established principles of international law of the united states to defend itself and to defend afghanistan against cross-border attacks by insurgents based in pakistan and to respond to those attacks. and to respond to those attacks. the recent report that a haqqanis reporter was killed in strike, in an area that was off-limits, is an example of the kind of action that is overdue. we have the right, the target, the forces in afghanistan and in pakistan, but to target the people controlling those forces as well. as the secretary has said, the message that the pakistani need to know is that we will do everything we can defend our forces. when we do that, and predict that we will have strong support, bipartisan support in the u.s. congress. we should inform pakistan that it should not expect to normalize this relationship. with the united states, as long as it provides a safe haven for violent extremis
if pakistan will not take on that the threat from the haqqanis based in pakistan who attack our forces, then we should be prepared to take steps to defend our troops. it is consistent with established principles of international law of the united states to defend itself and to defend afghanistan against cross-border attacks by insurgents based in pakistan and to respond to those attacks. and to respond to those attacks. the recent report that a haqqanis reporter was killed in strike, in an area...